Dark Horse Picks to Win 2023 PGA Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club on FanDuel Sportsbook

Following the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas, a star-studded field heads to Jack's Place in Ohio for the 2023 Memorial Tournament. The elevated event has 130 players competing with a $20 million purse and $3.6 million to the winner. The top-6 golfers in the world rankings top the field, including Memorial preview pick Rory McIlroy. Both Jon Rahm and Patrick Cantlay (2x) have won the three most recent editions at Muirfield Village Golf Club.

FanDuel dark horse pick winners this year have included Max Homa in the Farmers Insurance Open, Adam Svensson in the RSM Classic, and Matt Fitzpatrick in the RBC Heritage.

Top finishing position betting is a better way to increase your odds of a winning payoff, so there are plenty of opportunities to cash in on other players behind the leading favorites. Top-10 or top-20 payoffs have included dark horse Jason Day at The Players Championship, Xander Schauffele at The Masters, Patrick Rodgers (3/1 for top 10) in Mexico, Tommy Fleetwood (5/1 for top 5) at the Wells Fargo Championship, and Seamus Power top-20 at the AT&T Byron Nelson.

the Memorial Touranment PGA Dark Horse Picks 2023

Beyond the favorites and top-ranked players with odds to win below 30/1, there are plenty of capable longshots and dark horses that could make a run at the leaderboard and come away with a higher finish or victory on Sunday. After all, did you see Kurt Kitayama win the Arnold Palmer Invitational at 220/1 odds or greater and Wyndham Clark win at 75/1 at the Wells Fargo Championship?

Check out the 2023 Memorial Tournament preview, along with top finishing position odds, tournament matchups and golf props on FanDuel Sportsbook.

1. Cory Connors (+5000)

Conners' Ball Striking, Tee-to-Green, Off-the-Tee, and Approach play have all been superb since March. He won in Texas in April, finished top-10 at Wells Fargo and T12 at the PGA Championship in May, and had a chance on Sunday for his first Major victory after having his best putting week in 1 1/2 years. The sweet-swinging 31-year-old Canadian is an outstanding ball striker who can use his strong tee-to-green game to improve on his 13th place finish at Muirfield Village GC last year. A strong week on the bentgrass greens makes Conners a dark horse contender at longer odds.

2. Shane Lowry (+5500)

Form on greens can be extremely fickle, and Lowry will have to turn his poor putting in 2023 into a big week to contend. But he's capable with his long-iron game in imperious form and off a T12 at the PGA Championship where he was 7th in the field on approach at Oak Hill. Lowry is also top-10 in Ball Striking and Approach over his last 50 rounds, and he's finished T6 here in 2020 on the redesign and T32 last year after a 76 on Sunday.

3. Patrick Rodgers (+22000)

Patrick Rodgers has not realized his potential in terms of top results, but the 31-year-old former Stanford golfer has made progress and posted a top-5, top-10, and top-20 finish in three April events. His results were not as good in May, but his stats are still much better than these huge longshot odds suggest. In addition, he was sitting 9th through 54 holes at this event in 2020, eighth in 2018, and fifth at halfway on debut back in 2015. Rodgers does have strength in three key strokes gained categories this week - Off-the-Tee, Around-the-Green, and Putting.

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